California Supreme Court
May 8, 2013
Sargon: simply restating existing law
Rather than being a "landmark decision" or a "game changer" for the defense bar, Sargon would be better characterized as the blockbuster "dud" of the decade - a decision that merely declared existing law. By Raphael Metzger
I find it surprising that some have claimed that the state Supreme Court's decision in Sargon Enterprises, Inc. v. USC, 55 Cal. 4th 747 (2012), adopted Daubert in California and rejected Roberti v. Andy's Termite and Pest Control, 113 Cal. App. 4th 893 (2003). Neither of these things has occurred.
First, in Sargon, the state Supreme Court did not adopt Daubert. Nowhere in the Sargon ...
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